Tech Entrepreneur Uses Instagram to Tackle Waste

About to take a bite, you suddenly stop yourself and set your fork down. You can’t believe you almost ruined such a delicious looking presentation before taking a picture for Instagram! The next few minutes are filled with #noms #foodporn #yumm, tagging friends, and choosing that perfect filter before sharing and finally getting to taste your meal.

Instagram’s most recent user statistics reveal that the network is bombarded with upwards of 40 million photos every day. With hundreds of different hashtags that could be used on food related images, it is hard to track just how many photos have food related content. #foodporn is hashtagged on over 37 million Instagram photos and #food is linked to more than 132

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